Filed Date: Dec. 18, 2013
Closed Date: 2015
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On December 18, 2013, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC"), on behalf of a Muslim crew person, filed a lawsuit in the Eastern District Court of California under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Title I of the Civil Rights Act of 1991 against McDonald's Corporation. The EEOC sought injunctive relief, compensatory damages, punitive damages, attorneys' fees and costs, and prejudgment interest, claiming that the defendant discriminated against one if its employees based on his religion, Islam, when it refused to accommodate the employee's religious belief to wear a beard at work, resulting in the employee's constructive discharge.
The employee began working as a crew person for the defendant in around 2001 and was promoted to Crew Trainer in 2003. In July and August 2005, the employee informed the defendant of his religious belief of wearing a beard at work. The defendant allegedly did not allow him to wear a beard and so the employee was constructively discharged.
On December 19, 2013, the EEOC filed an amended complaint. Also, on the same day, the District Court (Judge Anthony W. Ishii) issued a consent decree for two years. Among other things, the defendant agreed to pay the employee $50,000, which was characterized as non-wage compensation for emotional distress.
The decree was entered in December 2013 and scheduled to last until December 2015. No further docket entries exist, so the case is closed.
Summary Authors
Perry Miska (4/6/2014)
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4161069/parties/us-equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-mcdonalds-corporation/
Adams, Raechel (California)
Akhavan, Nakkisa (California)
Altmeyer, Helen Campbell (California)
Anderson, Suzanne M (California)
Alvarez, Fred W. (California)
Ishii, Anthony W. (California)
Altmeyer, Helen Campbell (California)
Anderson, Suzanne M (California)
Andre, Beatriz Biscardi (California)
Antanaitis, Claudia (California)
Berwick, Meredith (California)
Biscardi, Beatriz (California)
Blackman, Amos Ben (California)
Boulton, Jennifer L (California)
Burstein, Jeffrey (California)
Butler, Michelle T (California)
Calhoun, June Wallace (California)
Canino, Robert A. (California)
Carrillo, Gina Erin (California)
Cheung, Raymond T. (California)
Chien, Marsha Jade (California)
Chukwu, Chioma Ifeyinwa (California)
Clark, Joel Philip (California)
Cohen, Ethan M.M. (California)
Coleman, Charles Franklin (California)
Connor, Patrick M. (California)
Davis, Alexandra V (California)
Davis, Chandra Cain (California)
Dawkins, Robert K. (California)
Delozano, Jonathan (California)
DiSavino, Rosemary (California)
Esparza-Cervantes, Elizabeth (California)
Ezie, Andrea Chinyere (California)
Farrell, Michael J. (California)
Feldman, Laura R. (California)
Fernandez, Armando Juan (California)
Fiorito, Bradley S. (California)
Fox, Amber Trzinski (California)
Garcia, Nechole M (California)
Garcia-Bautista, Lorena (California)
Gochanour, Gregory M. (California)
Gov, Gwendolyn Young (California)
Gov, Christopher Woolley-Federal (California)
Gov, Alysia Desiree (California)
GOVT, Rumduol Vuong (California)
Graham, John Mark (California)
Guerrier, Charles Edward (California)
Hamilton, Deborah Lois (California)
Hendrickson, John C. (California)
Hernandez, Lisa H. (California)
Hernandez, Evangelina Fierro (California)
Hulett, Denise Marie (California)
Jauregui, Juan Carlos (California)
Kelleher, Lauren J (California)
Kingsley, Andrew Burke (California)
Kittle, Rita Byrnes (California)
Lawrence, Debra Michele (California)
Lee, James L. (District of Columbia)
Lepak, Thomas Scott (California)
Linehan, Katie N. (California)
Marino, Stephanie (California)
McBride, Dennis Raymond (California)
McClinton, Gregory L. (California)
McCoy-Cruz, Kimberly A. (California)
Mitchell, Marcia L. (California)
Molina, Claudia M (California)
Morocco, Maria Luisa (California)
Mrizek, Richard John (California)
Murray, Gregory A. (California)
Naccarato, Elizabeth A (California)
Nardecchia, Natalie (California)
Navarre-Davis, Alexandra V (California)
Nyfeler, Suzanne L. (California)
Offen-Brown, David F. (California)
Oliver, Renay Michelle (California)
Ordonio-Dixon, Linda Susan (California)
Palmer-Denig, Jessica A (California)
Peck, Jonathan T. (California)
Peters, Kirsten J. (California)
Peterson, Melanie M. (California)
Phillips, Ronald L. (California)
Pladson, Nicholas J (California)
Pope, Larry Eugene (California)
Reams, Gwendolyn Young (District of Columbia)
Riccardi, Sebastian Daniel (California)
Rivera, Jadhira Virginia (California)
Sacher, James Philip (California)
Schmitt, Suzanne Julia (California)
Sellers, Catherine N. (California)
Smason, Diane Ilene (California)
Steenbergh, Rachael S. (California)
Sustaita, Rudy Lucio (California)
Sustaita, Rodolfo Lucio (California)
Szromba, Jeanne B. (California)
Tamayo, William Robert (California)
Thanasombat, Sirithon (California)
Thompson, Eric Stephen (California)
Thornton, Lillian M. (California)
Vasichek, Laurie A (California)
Viramontes, Victor (California)
Waldron, Gordon G. (California)
Walker, Grayson Sang (California)
Weisberg, Robert E. (California)
White, Lindsey Anne (California)
Brannen, Elizabeth Rogers (California)
DiNardo, Lawrence C. (California)
Doolittle, Diane M. (California)
Gillett, Eric Peter (California)
Gray, Michael Jeffrey (California)
Hartstein, Barry A (California)
Israel-Trummel, Kelsey (California)
Lampe, Matthew W. (California)
Linus, Jonathan M. (California)
Lozano, Valerie Anne (California)
Maghsoudi, Keemya X (California)
Maher, Brendan Stephen (California)
McRee, Elizabeth B. (California)
Moser, Allison B. (California)
Nardo, Lawrence C. (California)
Nasser, Catherine Suzanne (California)
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/4161069/us-equal-employment-opportunity-commission-v-mcdonalds-corporation/
Last updated March 2, 2024, 3:01 a.m.
State / Territory: California
Case Type(s):
Special Collection(s):
Key Dates
Filing Date: Dec. 18, 2013
Closing Date: 2015
Case Ongoing: No
Plaintiffs
Plaintiff Description:
Plaintiff is the EEOC on behalf of a male crew worker at a McDonald's restaurant who was not accommodated and was fired for growing a beard as he believed was required by his religion, Islam.
Plaintiff Type(s):
Attorney Organizations:
Public Interest Lawyer: No
Filed Pro Se: No
Class Action Sought: No
Class Action Outcome: Not sought
Defendants
McDonald's Restaurants of California, Inc., Private Entity/Person
Case Details
Causes of Action:
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
Available Documents:
Injunctive (or Injunctive-like) Relief
Outcome
Prevailing Party: Plaintiff
Nature of Relief:
Injunction / Injunctive-like Settlement
Source of Relief:
Form of Settlement:
Court Approved Settlement or Consent Decree
Amount Defendant Pays: 50,000
Order Duration: 2013 - 2015
Content of Injunction:
Expungement of Employment Record
Develop anti-discrimination policy
Post/Distribute Notice of Rights / EE Law
Provide antidiscrimination training
Issues
Discrimination-area:
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Discrimination-basis:
EEOC-centric: